What is range as a semantic role?

Definition
	Range is the semantic role of the entity that completes, is a product of, or further specifies an event.

Discussion
	The term range is used differently by some linguists, such as Grimes and Halliday. They give it the same meaning as locative or location.

Example (English)
	They sang a song.

Concept module: range
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In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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